by Massive Voodoo

Well, of course we can not upload all entries at once.
This would be just too much beauty at once and would not garantuee
available time to appreciate your beautiful entries. We want to thank
everyone who took part once again for showing us that you are a winner
painter. A painter who wants to win experience and goes for uncommon
topics to discover a journey and new experiences! You all rock!

Total numbers
Waterbase challenge: 34
Infinity challenge: 66

Entries will be shown with first names only. Additionally they will be
shown in random order, no not really. We are using the alphabet as a
helper here, but still without any connections to any medals or wins.
Entries showed will be linked up to the overview in the actual posting. Unfortunately, we are not able to add all your kind comments or describtions to your entries. We are sorry, but be sure that we've read them and enjoyed all your words! If you are missing your entry - even we did this with german and swiss organisation parameters - please be so kind to contact us.

Today we start with Infinity challenge entries - tomorrow water bases.
These were the rules of the challenge:

Walt Disney Infinity - Challenge Rules

Repaint a Walt Disney Infinity Figure of your choice

Build a base to your model or use it out of the box, conversions are allowed
- To be able to judge this category we only allow entries with one Infinity figure. No other additional figures are allowed. Of course you can add a snake, a butterfly or another small animal to your bases.

No rules on painting the model. Do what you want!

Enjoy painting it and sent us your final result to take part in this challenge

If you like to support or say thanks the monkeys of Massive Voodoo in what they do, please feel invited to drop a jungle donation in their direction via paypal or check their miniatures they got on sale here.

by Roman aka jar

Allright,
ladies and gentleman,
it is about time. Time for something special:All entries for the MV's challenges.Total numbers
Waterbase challenge: 34
Infinity challenge: 66

Well, of course we can not upload all entries at once.
This would be just too much beauty at once and would not garantuee available time to appreciate your beautiful entries. We want to thank everyone who took part once again for showing us that you are a winner painter. A painter who wants to win experience and goes for uncommon topics to discover a journey and new experiences! You all rock!

We recieved so many nice comments and stories while recieving your entries, like Audrey confirming us why we announced this contest:

"... and I wanna thank you for giving me my very first opportunity to push my
skills, on a topic fun and interesting for someone who is still a
beginner."- Audrey

Some things you got to know now - challenge timeline:

The next weeks in your painting jungle will be filled with galleries to this challenge.

We are not planning on doing much more, but we already know that one really cool Miniatures Unpacked and - finally - the roadmap for some painting workshops in early 2018 will appear. Sorry for the upcoming interruptions, but life can get hectic once in a while.

One day you will see 5-7 Infinity entries, next day you will see waterbases.We keep it up, switching like this.

Entries will be shown with first names only. Additionally they will be shown in random order, no not really. We are using the alphabet as a helper here, but still without any connections to any medals or wins. Entries showed will be linked up to the overview in the actual posting.

As soon as all entries are shown on MV we will add them to a big google overall gallery. After this we will announce the random prize pool winners.

After this Josua and I judge the contest to find its winners (pffft! Crazy hard work ahead!)

We are starting the galleries tomorrow :)Prepare yourself for amazing fun, incredible colors and water bases that will inspire you to create your own! Prepare yourself to share it with friends in your social networks. We are finalizing the uploads and prepare everything for you!

"Also big ups for Josua for his water plints. This bloody water was so damn hard for me

I’ve tried 3 times to make this base, at 4th time it looked as I wanted.

I
was really proud how came out the first one (a statue of a woman with a
baby in the ocean), I also sculpt little nemo for this one – but
unfortunetly I gave to much paint for the resin and water came out too
cloudy… This was little disaster for me but I had another idea, horse
statue. This one went out pretty well but it was too big. The resin in
the middle didn't harden and I had to throw it away… After this one I
was close to give up but I took lessons from this 2 failures and made 2
more bases using barrels. I think these two came out great

The
barrel on the beach is made for the competition and the second one is
my little trophy which will remind me not to give up. Maybe you will be
curious about how the previous ones was looking so I will upload them as
WIP"

I have been a passionate supporter of
massive voodoo for approx 8 years now and recently had an incredible joy
in painting my latest project for the MV Infinity challenge that i felt
compelled to share this with you.

For many
years i have been in love with your freedom of color and your hard work
in driving this artform forward. I have watched your skills grow and
still become amazed when i see a new piece. The way you almost throw
color randomly and without care is astonishing and your use of light is
groundbreaking.

I recently started sharing my
work on Instagram under wildstorm_studios after having grown the
confidence in my work. I have always been inspired by how you see this
"hobby" as art, true art!! And this inspired me to approach all my works
with the same vigor and drive to be creative and explore.

I
then mustered up the courage to enter your latest challenge, the Disney
infinity Challenge. AT first it seemed so fresh and different but soon
it became a journey of freedom for me. The inspiration you have provided
for years and the drive to be as creative as possible was too hard to
resist.

Over the years you have taught me about
composition, use of alternate materials and mediums, you taught me to
tell a story with the base, to give context and narrative. And in this
piece i brought it all to bear. This is without doubt not my most
technical piece, but it is certainly the one that has given me the most
joy.

I have used everything in this piece from
Acrylics, Inks, pigments, pastels, REAL feathers, card, sewing pins and
even a decorative needle, even FLUORESCENT PAINT!!!

I thank you for all your tutorials, helpful tips, insights and your freedom of creativity. THANK YOU"

You want to support Massive Voodoo not only with shipping prizes for this challenge?

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by Roman aka jar

by Roman aka jar

Hello Jungle,
today it is time for another private coaching review.
This
time I meet Felix for a two day private coaching in the MV studio in Augsburg, Germany.

Felix & Roman

Felix is an already experienced painter who seeked my tutoring as he explained to me that he feels kind of stuck. He wanted to step up his game and get to know more about painting atmsosphere, creating the dynamic BAM effect on a figure and he wants to learn an enjoyable approach on his work schedule. High goals.Welcome, Felix!

First it was time for theory.

And in the meantime clouds were passing by.

Priming in process.

Theory that leads to brain-click-moments. Done by Felix.

Allright, starting on Felix's choice of figure and ready to apply the so far explained knowledge.

"Hello Roman,allright, here goes a little feedback after it had time to settle down a bit. What can I say?! By far this has been my best workshop I have ever visited. Not only paintingwise I feel that I stepped up my game, but also in humanly terms. I can not tell you precisely what I did enjoy the most. The entire package was just phenomenal.

As you see I am totally impressed.For the next steps I am going to prepare my workspace properly and then tackle my ideas/visions with an energy I did not know yet. Many, many thanks!"

Well, I can only try to explain to you how proud I was as a teacher. It was my absolute pleasure to have you as my student, Felix and I am happy that you return home with fresh painting energies!

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